Ottawa will appoint commissioner to oversee treaties with Indigenous Peoples: Trudeau [Video]

The federal government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will ensure Ottawa is held to account no matter who is in power. The government is planning to wrap up consultations on the role by late June, table legislation sometime after that and budget $10.6 million over four years to support the commissioner’s work. (May 2, 2024)

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